By Michelle Bates
Crawford Elementary School is the only school in Bienville Parish to have been chosen as a Comeback Campus.
Along with 40 other schools in the State of Louisiana, this designation means CES has made great strides in increasing the number of students scoring mastery and above on all statewide assessments in math and ELA, and decreasing the number of students scoring unsatisfactory on the statewide assessment in math and ELA.
“Louisiana Comeback is a coordinated campaign to recover and accelerate learning lost due to challenges from the pandemic and hurricane-related school disruptions,” according to a press release from the Louisiana Department of Education.
CES Principal Edwin Mason said he is proud of the students’ and faculty and staff accomplishments that helped garner the Comeback Campus designation.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Byron Lyons said that while he had not been here for CES’s honor, he is proud of the students, faculty and staff for the hard work they put into making CES a Comeback Campus.
“We are truly excited and honored to receive this award,” said Mason in a joint statement with Bienville Parish Schools. “This is just a testament to the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our students, faculty, staff, administration, and many stakeholders who helped us achieve tremendous growth and improvement. We strive each day to provide a high quality education to our students so they may be
prepared for an ever-changing society. We salute our current Superintendent Lyons, former Superintendent Wysinger, Parish Directors and the Bienville Parish School Board for the leadership and support of our efforts to achieve excellence.”
The other schools receiving this honor include: South Rayne Elementary of Acadia Parish; Midway Professional Development Center, Keithville Elementary/Middle School and Creswell Elementary School all of Caddo Parish; Prien Lake Elementary, Vincent Settlement Elementary, Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School and Combre- Fondel Elementary, all of Calcasieu Parish; Vidalia Upper Elementary in Concordia
Parish; White Hills Elementary in East Baton Rouge Parish; Griffin Middle School Academy in East Carroll Parish; GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge; Impact Charger School; Edgar Martin Middle, LJ Alleman Middle, Evangeline Elementary and Acadian Middle, all of Lafayette Parish; Bayou Boeuf Elementary and Virtual Academy of Lafourche Parish; Dubach School and Cypress Springs Elementary of
Lincoln Parish; Provencal Elementary and Junior High of Natchitoches Parish; Drew Elementary of Ouachita Parish; JB Nachman Elementary and Poland Junior High of Rapides Parish; Linwood Public Charter School; ReNEW Schamburg Elementary; ReNEW Laurel Elementary; Many Junior High of Sabine Parish; CF Rowley Alternative School of St. Bernard Parish; Plaisance Middle of St. Landry Parish; Pine View Middle and Abita Springs Middle of St. Tammany Parish; Success @ Thurgood Marshall; Oaklawn Middle and Grand Caillou Middle of Terrebone Parish, Thrive Academy; Seventh Ward Elementary of Vermillion Parish and Lukeville Elementary of West Baton Rouge Parish.